When is Azure finlandcentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-03 08:38 UTC
The Azure finlandcentral region runs in Helsinki, Finland, on the Finland electricity grid. educk forecasts when that grid is greenest — using day-ahead wind & solar and demand data from ENTSO-E — so you can schedule carbon-aware workloads (batch jobs, CI, model training, backups, data pipelines) for the cleanest hours.
- Wind and solar are forecast to cover about 35% of Finland's electricity demand around 10:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 18:15 UTC at roughly 47% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 3% around 08:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure finlandcentral
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 07:45 | 2914 | 8688 | -5774 | 34% |
| Sat 08:00 | 257 | 8712 | -8455 | 3% |
| Sat 10:00 | 3040 | 8683 | -5643 | 35% |
| Sat 10:15 | 3067 | 8668 | -5602 | 35% |
| Sat 10:45 | 3121 | 8683 | -5562 | 36% |
| Sat 11:00 | 3154 | 8709 | -5556 | 36% |
| Sat 11:15 | 3194 | 8718 | -5524 | 37% |
| Sat 11:30 | 3234 | 8726 | -5492 | 37% |
| Sat 11:45 | 3274 | 8735 | -5461 | 37% |
| Sat 12:00 | 3034 | 8740 | -5706 | 35% |
| Sat 12:15 | 3341 | 8749 | -5408 | 38% |
| Sat 12:45 | 3413 | 8740 | -5328 | 39% |
| Sat 13:00 | 3467 | 8726 | -5259 | 40% |
| Sat 13:15 | 3488 | 8716 | -5228 | 40% |
| Sat 13:45 | 3531 | 8726 | -5195 | 40% |
| Sat 14:00 | 3511 | 8741 | -5230 | 40% |
| Sat 14:15 | 3524 | 8756 | -5233 | 40% |
| Sat 14:30 | 3536 | 8772 | -5235 | 40% |
| Sat 14:45 | 3549 | 8787 | -5238 | 40% |
| Sat 15:00 | 3551 | 8802 | -5251 | 40% |
| Sat 15:15 | 3583 | 8830 | -5246 | 41% |
| Sat 15:30 | 3615 | 8857 | -5242 | 41% |
| Sat 15:45 | 3648 | 8885 | -5238 | 41% |
| Sat 16:00 | 3693 | 8974 | -5281 | 41% |
| Sat 16:15 | 3735 | 8999 | -5265 | 42% |
| Sat 16:45 | 3818 | 8974 | -5155 | 43% |
| Sat 17:15 | 3903 | 8936 | -5033 | 44% |
| Sat 17:30 | 3938 | 8910 | -4972 | 44% |
| Sat 17:45 | 3973 | 8872 | -4899 | 45% |
| Sat 18:00 | 4014 | 8679 | -4665 | 46% |
| Sat 18:15 | 4061 | 8669 | -4608 | 47% |
| Sat 18:45 | 4014 | 8653 | -4639 | 46% |
| Sat 19:15 | 3920 | 8635 | -4716 | 45% |
| Sat 19:30 | 3869 | 8618 | -4749 | 45% |
| Sat 19:45 | 3818 | 8600 | -4783 | 44% |
| Sat 20:00 | 3720 | 8584 | -4864 | 43% |
| Sat 20:15 | 3660 | 8546 | -4885 | 43% |
| Sat 20:30 | 3601 | 8507 | -4906 | 42% |
| Sat 20:45 | 3541 | 8468 | -4927 | 42% |
| Sat 21:00 | 3484 | 8394 | -4910 | 42% |
| Sat 21:15 | 3440 | 8342 | -4902 | 41% |
| Sat 21:30 | 3396 | 8291 | -4895 | 41% |
| Sat 21:45 | 3352 | 8239 | -4887 | 41% |